T. Marchant Williams

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Sir Thomas Marchant Williams

Sir Thomas Marchant Williams, writing name T. Marchant Williams, (1845 – 27 October 1914) was a Welsh nationalist, lawyer, and author.

Williams was one of the first students of Aberystwyth University and later received a BA from the University of London. He went on to study law and be active in Welsh associations. In early 1900 he was appointed stipendiary magistrate at Merthyr Tydfil.[1][2] Williams founded the paper The Nationalist.[3] Among his works are The Welsh Members of Parliament[4] and poems such as The Cloud.[5] He received a knighthood by 1905.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Appointment". The Times. No. 36074. London. 24 February 1900. p. 11.
  2. ^ "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1432.
  3. ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys. "Williams, Sir Thomas Marchant (1845-1914), barrister and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ Richard Carwardine; Jay Sexton (8 July 2011). The Global Lincoln. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-970243-5.
  5. ^ The Celtic Review. William Hodge & Company. 1914. p. 169.
  6. ^ William Cadwaladr Davies; William Lewis Jones; Sir John Edward Lloyd (1905). The University of Wales and Its Constituent Colleges. F. E. Robinson & Company. pp. 106& 221.